Is the WD10-EZEX drive an Advanced Format drive (4KB sectors used internally)?

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Okay,

WD tech support came back and gave me an answer. 

If you can find it, look for the WD PDF 2178-001010.pdf (Product Overview), as it has a complete list of which drives are in AF format, and which are not.

But basically for the current list of hdd models:

  • all WD Green drives use AF.

  • nearly all WD Black drives don’t use AF (the 2.5" WD5000BPKT and WD7500BPKT blacks do though)

  • and WD Blue drives are mixed, but of the 3.5" WD Blue drives only the WD Blue WD10EZEX and WD7500AZEX use AF.

Cheers.

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